Love and passion, cutting up the wasteland.

Izumi still followed the strange officer named "Lu Beiyou".

He said that he was a vanguard officer of the Tianxin family in Kaiton City, and the sword in his hand was passed down from his ancestors. His fathers were killed in the Imperial Army's third front outside Bast and Iron Valley, so the sword was left in his hands.

It seems that he is another child of aristocratic family.

Izumi commented in his mind.

Only they could rely on the protection of their ancestors to gain a place in the United City Army, and the great battle that Lu Beiyou mentioned was something she had even heard of among the wild people, and it was not false.

As the young officer revealed bits and pieces, Izumi knew more details than anyone else:
It was a war that broke out on the continent over the two major transportation hubs, the Hub Station and the Flash Grassland. The two sides were the long-time enemies, the Holy Empire and the United Cities.

The former had already made arrangements at the hub station, not only appointing a new judge, but also joining forces with the King of Sand who roamed the border areas; the latter had been operating in Shandi for a long time, first destroying the original overlord, the White Eyebrow Clan, and then promoting a local animal tamer as the noble governor.

It can be said that they are evenly matched.

The brutality of the war has continued to this day, and has also affected countless surrounding areas: the Wandering Land, which had been abandoned once, has once again been turned into a scorched earth; the internal struggles of the Tech Hunters cannot be quelled, and the various factions have decided to determine the winner by exploring the Land of the Dead; the warlike Shek Kingdom has chosen to close the gates of Skun and stay out of the war; the indifferent King Green of the Swamp has gone against his usual practice and stockpiled heavy troops in Rotten Town...

No one knew about the preparations of the Holy Empire. They had the most fertile land, the largest population and soldiers in the entire continent, and the most closed borders. But as for the United Cities, at least as far as the southern states were concerned, the nobles were no longer able to resist the authority of the president, and under his mobilization, they were preparing their own support for the Imperial Coalition Forces.

Izumi didn't understand why Lu Beiyou said this to her. To her, the major events in the world were not as important as a pika that hid during the day and came out at night in the ruins.

That's not quite correct.

At least, if these things had not happened, Kaiton City would not have re-entered the Mine Town that nominally belonged to the Technology Hunters; and Izumi would not have had the opportunity to steal the supplies that the samurai were transporting to the camp; she would not have been caught, and she would not have met this man named Lu Beiyou.

"If I don't meet him, then I don't meet him." Izumi immediately refuted himself, "It's not a good thing in the first place."

But after calming down, the girl had to admit: the excuses the young officer had made up to his father were indeed for her own good. Not only did it help her out of the predicament, but the man's attitude towards her would probably be much better in the days to come.

The premise is that the lie has not been exposed.

The same is true for Lu Beiyou.

"That was indeed an excuse I came up with temporarily, but it can't be said to be completely made up." The white-haired warrior took her to an abandoned ore washing water tower, hid on top and looked down, "After you, our grain transport team was indeed robbed."

At the end of the ruins, there was faint gurgling of green smoke from the campfire, and unbridled shouting and laughter drifted in the air.

"If I hadn't chased you out at that time, wasting time going back and forth, they would never have had the chance to succeed." Lu Beiyou pressed the knife and looked at the girl beside him: "In this case, should it be all your fault?"

"..." Izumi had a lot to complain about, but he didn't know where to start.

The other party chased her out without any soldiers with him. Now it seems that he did not intend to arrest her, which was a complete dereliction of duty - but in the final analysis, it was indeed me who started it first.

But then again.

A warrior actually wants to reason with a barbarian? If there is any truth in this world, it is that whatever the former says is right, while the latter can listen to nothing.

So Izumi just remained silent.

"It's better to refute at this time - answering is also part of social etiquette, otherwise I will be embarrassed." Looking at her, Lu Beiyou sighed, but there was no embarrassment on his face. He continued: "If we can't recover these military rations and supplies within the specified time, the military law will be very serious... I don't want to run away this time."

Another statement that I don't understand.

Izumi thought to himself.

But as smart as she was, she understood the other hidden meanings in Lu Beiyou's words - to find a way to find and catch the robbers and make up a lie so that she could get past the Kaidun City army and deal with her father.

A win-win situation.

This is a deal.

"...There's nothing I can do." After a long while, Izumi, the always vigilant girl, spoke again, but in a tone of rejection, "It seems that the things you lost cannot be recovered."

She had just recognized the robbers from a distance.

The leader was shirtless, with his arms and back painted. He was shouting loudly with his men and pouring wine on his head - none other than the Wild Blood Hunter who had brought back five heads from the depths of the Sorrowful Mine.

Although both are blood hunters, he is completely different from his father.

A small force has already gathered.

In the past, if he sensed that there were wild people belonging to them nearby, the alert Izumi would always stay away from them; and even those foreign hunters and mercenaries had to be polite when they met this wild blood hunter.

And it seems that not all the food they lost is here.

There may be more pull behind it.

If the officer next to him had gotten his position by relying on his ancestors' concealment, he would probably not have been able to protect his grain transport team even if he had not chased Izumi out, and he might even have lost his life.

Thinking of this, I feel fortunate.

Izumi looked straight into the young man's eyes without any avoidance - in fact, she already knew that the other party had a better choice.

That is to put all the responsibility on yourself.

Although the crime of losing military rations is serious, the children of nobles cannot be punished. What they really need is someone who can take all the responsibility - instead of spending more energy to track down the lost supplies, or even potentially clashing with the local wilderness blood hunters, it is better to find a scapegoat.

It was just lightly revealed.

I believe that even Lu Beiyou’s boss would want to handle it this way.

The less trouble, the better.

In comparison, the young man in front of him was definitely an outlier - but no matter how outlier he was, there were still limits.

It has been mentioned before that Izumi has no habit of cooperating with others, and she will not trust others easily; but what no one knows is that she hates the feeling of owing others even more.

"Really?" Lu Beiyou touched his chin. He had always been able to see through Izumi's thoughts, but this time he seemed not to understand the hint in the girl's eyes at all. He tilted his head and put on the samurai helmet he had been holding, blocking Izumi's sight, and stood up.

Izumi was surprised and didn't know what he wanted to do, so he quickly tried to pull him down to squat to avoid exposing his figure in the ruins.

Unexpectedly, Lu Beiyou had already taken a step forward, just avoiding the girl's grab, and then jumped straight down to the water tower. "He's crazy!"

This water tower is more than ten meters high, and the opponent is wearing a full set of heavy armor. If he falls down like this, not only will his legs and bones be broken, but his entire body may be crushed into a pulp by the weight of the armor.

Izumi rushed to the water tower, but saw an incredible scene:
Lu Beiyou did not fall straight down, but clawed out, and the sharp blade gloves on his arm armor and fingers were directly embedded in the slope of the water tower, slicing all the way down. The warrior fell very fast, but with this resistance, it still cushioned his entire body like a speed bump.

What kind of arm strength does this require?

"Bang!" A heavy blow hit the ground, splashing up dust as high as a person, and also made a thunderous sound, which seemed so abrupt in the empty ruins.

Even the Blood Hunters who were feasting in the distance stopped what they were doing. Their voices were suppressed and they all looked over here.

The two younger brothers who were in charge of lookout and guard had already noticed this place.

In the smoke and dust, a tall figure stood up from a half-crouching position, with two iron antlers extending from the top of his head, giving off a sense of sharpness and toughness.

Whoosh through the air.

The crossbows in my hands were inspired by the spoils of war from the barbarians attacking the city walls, or by some shameful private transactions. Somehow they got a new type of crossbow from the outside world from the hands of the high wall shield guards, and it was incredibly powerful.

But Lu Beiyou did not dodge or evade. Instead, he straightened his body. The long arrow pierced his chest, but it only made a crisp sound, without any blood splashing. On the other side, a white light flashed in the air, and the oncoming crossbow arrow broke into two sections.

The long sword was unsheathed, with a beautiful arc like a mountain, completely sweeping away the dust, and out walked a warrior covered in fine heavy armor, like a walking steel machine, indestructible.

Izumi, who was looking in from behind, was shocked. If she was seven or eight years old, it would be fine, as she might not even know what armor was. But after gaining more experience, she realized that even in Kaiton City, only a very small number of generals could afford to wear a full set of samurai armor of this grade.

However, there are exceptions.

That is because the other party himself learned from or came from the Scrap Master Group - he made the weapons and armor by himself, so no one can be jealous of him, but can only envy him.

Moreover, the speed at which Lu Beiyou drew his sword was also beyond Izumi's expectations.

She didn't see it clearly at all.

Obviously, it was not only Izumi who was surprised. The two younger brothers on the watchtower were also stunned for a moment. They did not expect that they would face such an opponent. They did not even have time to restring the bow and change arrows, which should have been a subconscious action. The next moment, a flower of blood burst out from the chest of a savage. Lu Beiyou actually pulled out the crossbow arrow that was stuck in his body and threw it back, killing one person directly.

He touched the dents on his armor, but didn't feel bad. He swung his sword and strode forward.

"People from Kaiton City are here!"

At this time, the remaining person looked at the body of his fallen companion and shouted in horror.

On the other side, a large number of wild people had already followed the loud noise and rushed over here.

When they heard the news, they were shocked: Is this the army sent by Kaidun City to wipe them out? But this is definitely a thankless task.

Moreover, if it was a large army coming, how could they approach so silently and unnoticed?

But when he saw the warrior coming towards him, although his aura was extraordinary, there was no sign of more soldiers lurking around him. There was indeed only one person.

Only then did I breathe a sigh of relief.

Some people even laughed out loud.

"It seems that there is a new young master who does not understand the rules of our Ai Mine Town..." A sturdy man was still chewing a roasted leg of lamb - Kaidun City was a wealthy and powerful city, and they sent not only dry food for ordinary soldiers, but also rice, flour, meat, etc. specially for officers and wealthy businessmen, all of which fell here at this moment.

But before he could finish his taunt, the lone warrior changed his previous strolling posture, made a loud bang under his feet, and rushed forward.

He was wearing heavy armor and looked as powerful as a steel chariot.

In the eyes of many people, they only saw the light and shadow left by Lu Beiyou.

The pupils of some of the savages then dilated.

"spread!"

But, it's too late.

The next moment, the warriors instantly closed the distance between them. The leading few bravely tried to defend themselves, but with a flash of sword light, the mountain-like arc was already stained with a layer of blood.

Lu Beiyou's sword was thin, and it did not look like a weapon for fighting on the battlefield but a collector's sword for appreciation. However, his technique was precise and he hit the enemy's throat directly.

Effortless, one stroke to kill.

After a few heavy blows, some savages took advantage of the opportunity when he drew his sword to surround him, and threw barbed chains, sharpened steel drills... all kinds of strangely pieced-together weapons stained with blood and life at Lu Beiyou. However, they did not have time to see the crossbowman shooting him, and there were no crossbow arrows left on the warrior's armor, so at first glance they had no idea that this was already an expert-level armor, let alone how powerful it was.

For a moment, they were even bounced back by their own strength.

The next moment, Lu Beiyou turned around and slashed, taking his master's life.

At this moment, the gathered wild folks were shocked - the opponent was simply an unconquerable monster, who could neither be killed nor hurt. On the contrary, if they were touched by his blade, they would be killed on the spot, without even room for negotiation.

There were only hundreds of them.

But he couldn't do anything to this enemy.

Seeing that the morale of his men was about to collapse, the leading Blood Hunter stood up from the campfire with a serious face - if they didn't take action and let the other side rampage in the crowd, they would scatter like birds and beasts.

Even if he wins by then, his prestige will be destroyed, and it will be many times more difficult for him to gather power again.

"Give it here!" He waved his hand without turning his head, signaling a new brother to hold up his weapon, the iron mace. The other party was loyal and powerful, which pleased Blood Hunter very much. "You come with me."

There was a reply from behind.

The next moment, there was a loud "clang" and Xuelie's eyes turned black and he fainted.

The last thing he saw was a warrior with his armor washed bright red by blood, giving him a thumbs up...

(End of this chapter)